Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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